I was originally thinking about delivery (isn’t it basically the same effort to deliver 1 or 2 pizzas?). Shouldn’t delivery tipping be based on distance/effort rather than cost of food?
The same goes for restaurants, of course. If I go with a friend and we have the same meal but I have three glasses of wine, and she has three cokes, I am expected to tip more, but the server’s effort is the same for each of us.
Was it always like this or did it change with time?
Note: I’m only trying to understand this aspect of Us tipping culture. I know that tipping isn’t the norm everywhere.
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I tip porters $5 plus $2 per bag when I travel.
I tip bartenders $2 per drink
I tip the girl that gives me a pedicure $10 for having to deal with my ugly toes.
There are some things you tip based on service, others that you tip based on price. It is getting a bit mixed now as I would have said 10 years ago a delivery is $5 no matter the price, but that has changed since 2020.
but that is the same of all things, they change over time. when I was a kid my parents taught us to tip 10% as standard. When I was in college it was 15%. Now it starts at 20%.
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